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Hilda Valentine Goneril ([personal profile] theidlemaiden) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-05-17 06:40 pm

@ everyone

๐˜๐˜ช ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ขรฏ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ โ€” ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด!

[A combination of deep exasperation and resignation doesn't show in Altaรฏr's 'handwriting', but if it could, it absolutely would.]

We discovered a pair of mated lizards in the woods of Solvunn some time ago. One appears entirely normal, the other is half-mechanical, with gears in its midsection. It should clearly be dead regardless of where those gears came from, and yet it both lives and has fathered eggs.

[Unspoken: 'That's fucked up, right?'

Hilda's handwriting interjects, clearly addressing Altaรฏr. ]


๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅโ€ - ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ! 

[He feels as though he should be too dignified and composed for internal bickering in front of others but he absolutely is not.]

Miracle implies the presence of divinity. This is clearly something else. I would like to know what, and to know whether any other Summoned have encountered anything similar.

[ Somewhere Hilda is rolling her eyes and mimicking him but thankfully everyone else is spared the theatrics. ]

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ โ€“ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด.
 
๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!

( ooc: visit the lizards here! and you may get replies from either one of the new parents or both! don't worry about posting order, thread jacking is encouraged ) 

techmaturgy: (pic#15348784)

[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-06-02 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Viktor fixes Hilda with a look. Yes, this will require reading, which he might be happy to do himself if not for the fact that he is also involved in many other projects--so it would be helpful to have some assistance, in that regard.]

I study at the Grand Academy of General Science. I can likely find an archaeologist, but we may have to go elsewhere for a historian.
aquilus: (hood - neutral)

[personal profile] aquilus 2023-06-03 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Hilda, what.]

There is nothing wrong with reading. I'm not against speaking with a historian, but we're capable of looking for ourselves.

[He knows his way around the library.]
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-06-04 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[HILDA READ A BOOK]

The Free Cities is unnecessarily bureaucratic. Often it's more expedient to take the initiative.

[That said he will absolutely rummage through piles of dusty books. Viktor is less read up on the history of this place as he should be, given his focus on the sciences.]

I can ask around. In the meantime, however, we should look for the answers ourselves.
aquilus: (pic#9513284)

[personal profile] aquilus 2023-06-06 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
I agree.

[Altaรฏr hasn't dealt with bureaucracy enough to gauge how it functions in the Free Cities, but he trusts Viktor's assessment, and in any case he has always preferred direct action.]

I'll make time to search for more information. Inside or outside of the library.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-06-07 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Viktor is, of course, incredibly curious about the bag, but nods in recognition when he sees what's inside. He'd examined it briefly when it was in Tony's possession, but if he's being honest, hasn't thought much about it since then.]

I've seen this before.

[It puzzled him at the time, and it puzzles him now.]

I remember thinking it was strange, how the metal parts were almost...grafted.
aquilus: (hood - frown)

[personal profile] aquilus 2023-06-21 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you?

[Rhetorical questions. It makes sense, of course. Geralt would have as much sense as they do about who could share some useful insights. Maybe more, since they hadn't brought the creature to Viktor right away.]

These pieces might not replace vital parts of the body like on the lizard, but it would be no less difficult to do. And then there's the question of whether or not it was a willing enhancement.

[Something that matters more when it comes to humans.]